Tea party's Gohmert: Investigate Kagan's role in health ruling

By Kate Nocera

06/28/12 12:08 PM EDT

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas), a tea party favorite, told reporters after the Supreme Court ruling that he would call for an investigation into Justice Elena Kagan’s involvement in the planning of the health care law.

"If it turns out that she lied in order to get on the court, and she did express opinions about the bill — that she did participate in meetings about the bill, then it tells me she lied in order to get on the court and she should be impeached," he said.

Opponents of the law have argued that Kagan should not have participated in the vote because she was solicitor general during the passage of the law.

The law's supporters launched a similarly unsuccessful attempt to remove Justice Clarence Thomas from the case because his wife was actively trying to repeal the law.

Gohmert also had strong words after the court ruled that the individual mandate is a tax.

“The Supreme Court has made it clear the mandate is a tax…Which means the president lied to us. The president and all who work him are fools. It’s time to remove these people from their offices,” he said.